Meat-chopper attachment.



W. FINLEY.

MEAT CHOPPER ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY16.1913.

Llfififi'YQ. Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

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WILLELLA FINLEY, 0F GREENLEAF, KANSAS.

MEAT-CHOPPER ATTACHMENT.

Application filed May 16, 1913.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that l, VVILLELLA FINLEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates,.residing at Greenleaf, in the county of Washington, State ofKansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMeat-Chopper Attachments; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will onableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to certain novel and useful improvements in adevice adapted to be attached to ordinary meat choppers for the purposeof guiding chopped meat into a dish or other receptacle placed adjacentthe discharge end of the chopper.

In carrying out my invention it is my purpose to provide an attachmentof this character embodying a clamping section which is adapted to beattached to the chopper and a baffle or deflecting member carried by theclamping section.

With the above recited objects and others of a similar nature in view,my invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangementof parts set forth in and falling within the scope of the appendedclaims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of aportion of a conventional form of chopper showing my invention appliedthereto. Fig. 2is a front view thereof. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of aportion of the chopper and my invention applied thereto. Fig. f is aplan view of the blank from which my attachment is formed.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the letter Aindicates a con ventional form of chopper with the front plate thereofshown at 5.

The letter B designates my attachment as an entirety, this attachmentbeing formed Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

Serial No. 768,181.

from a single length of metal and includes the attaching band 6 and thedeflecting plate 7 which is connected to the band by the portion 8. Theband 6 forms the attaching or clamping section of my device, and inorder to fasten it to the chopper, this band is provided with thelongitudinal slots 9 located adjacent the ends of the band. A headedbolt 10 is provided for fastening the ends of the band together, thisbolt being provided with the thumb nut 11.

In use, the band or clamping section 6 of the attacl'nnent is placedaround the end of the chopper, and the thumb nut is rotated so as toclamp the ends of the band together and hold them on the end of thechopper. The portion 8 is disposed over the discharge end of the chopperwhile the deflecting plate 7 is positioned at an acute angle to thedis-V charge end 5 of the chopper.

As the meat is ground, the chopped meat discharged will be deflecteddownwardly by the plate 7 into the proper receptacle, as will be readilyunderstood.

What I claim is:

1. An article of the class described comprising a clamping band, and adeflecting plate arranged at an angle to the band.

2. An article of the class described comprising a clamping band, aninwardly directed portion carried by the clamping band, and a deflectingplate extending at an angle from said portion.

3. An article of the class described com prising an annular adjustableclamping band, and a deflecting plate carried by the band and arrangedat an angle thereto.

In testimony whereof, I afliX my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

v NELLIE FINLEY.

\Vitnesses 13.,H. SHAW, F. VrconY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

